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. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> he's one of america's favorite singer/songwriters. with four albums and grammys under his belt, john legend is making the music world by storm. now he's trying to wake up the world with his new album, and an ailing school system. ♪ ♪ >> i was think budget first time i actually saw you perform. it was about 12 years ago in a small club in philadelphia called the black lily, and i was thinking about the journey from being in a small venue like that to being a six-time grammy award winner and being "time" magazine's most influential. how does that happen? what's that journey been like? >> i've been a musician since i was a kid. i wanted to be a star when i was a kid, but i started making concrete moves in that direction when i was at school at penn, and i met a few people along the way that really helped me. i met kanye in 2001, and he was very instrumental, obviously, in launching me. he signed me to his label, but before he even signed me, he brought me in on a lot of the work that he was doing. he was working on college dropout an
. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> he's one of america's favorite singer/songwriters. with four albums and grammys under his belt, john legend is making the music world by storm. now he's trying to wake up the world with his new album, and an ailing school system. ♪ ♪ >> i was think budget first time i actually saw you perform. it was about 12 years ago in a small club in philadelphia called the black lily, and i was thinking about the journey from being in a small venue like that to being a...
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obama, sobre amÉrica latina y la importancia de este viaje. >>es una oportunidad de seguir profundizando nuestras relaciones en las amÉricas. el presidente va a brasil, chile, el salvador; tres paÍses muy importantes para nosotros en la regiÓn, tres paÍses que son socios en temas bilaterales, hemisfÉricos y globales. esto le da otra oportunidad al presidente de trabajar los temas, retos y oportunidades compartidas que tenemos en las amÉricas con paÍses, con nuevos lÍderes que estÁn enfocados en los problema de hoy y no en las divisiones de ayer. esta es otra oportunidad de avanzar. >>vamos a brindarles otra perspectiva de viaje del pres. barack obama a tres paÍses latinoamericanos prÓximamente. estÁ con nosotros mike gonzalez. vicepresidente de comunicaciones de la fundaciÓn conservadora heritage. gusto en verte. ¿cÓmo estÁs? >>encantado de verte a ti, josÉ. >>hablemos de los tres paÍses y de lo que te gustarÍa que ocurriera en esta visita. brasil. >>es el primer encuentro entre barack obama y la nueva presidenta de brasil;
obama, sobre amÉrica latina y la importancia de este viaje. >>es una oportunidad de seguir profundizando nuestras relaciones en las amÉricas. el presidente va a brasil, chile, el salvador; tres paÍses muy importantes para nosotros en la regiÓn, tres paÍses que son socios en temas bilaterales, hemisfÉricos y globales. esto le da otra oportunidad al presidente de trabajar los temas, retos y oportunidades compartidas que tenemos en las amÉricas con paÍses, con nuevos lÍderes que...
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whether she was a 23-year-old from china or a 26 year in mad men america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single and if they were, they were not living as room mates in brooklyn or dupont circle and drinking spots or mimosas with other preadults in the weekends. they are married and they had children. and they often had lawns to mow and cars whose oil needed changing. now, look at the numbers. notice in 1970, the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, a little less than 21. today, it's 26 and 28 but that's a little bit misleading, actually. because the numbers for college-educated and -- and even those with graduate school creation considerably higher. for women with a b.a., the average age is about 27. for women with a master's or professional degree, professional degree is about 30. now, this means that we have a historically high percentage of single people in their 20s and early 30s. this gives you a little bit of an idea. now unlike almost any other decade we're looking at here, the majority of 25 years old are single. i wasn
whether she was a 23-year-old from china or a 26 year in mad men america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single and if they were, they were not living as room mates in brooklyn or dupont circle and drinking spots or mimosas with other preadults in the weekends. they are married and they had children. and they often had lawns to mow and cars whose oil needed changing. now, look at the numbers. notice in 1970, the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, a little less...
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teach for america really isn't about -- we are about, teachers are critical, but teach for america is about building a movement amount our country's future leaders to say we have to change the way our education system is fundamentally, and i think in your article in the new yorker about, about the formation of movements captured the whole theory of teach. it's the experience of teaching successfully in ways that, i know, i think we're creating a core of people who are absolutely determined to expand the opportunities facing kids in the most absolutely, you know, economically disadvantaged communities. you know, who are pouring themselves into their work and trying to put their kids on a different path and having varying levels of success and taking from that experience, incredible lesson. you know, they realize through their firsthand experience the challenges the kids face, the potential they have, and they realize it's ultimately possible to solve the problem, and that experience is not only important for their kids, but completely transformational for them. of course, they are all
teach for america really isn't about -- we are about, teachers are critical, but teach for america is about building a movement amount our country's future leaders to say we have to change the way our education system is fundamentally, and i think in your article in the new yorker about, about the formation of movements captured the whole theory of teach. it's the experience of teaching successfully in ways that, i know, i think we're creating a core of people who are absolutely determined to...
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you all may remember that in north america there were no bees, north and south america. they didn't have honey. so what they had is main be l syrup, they had the a gaf i have cactus, and in the rest of the world they had honey. so we've had sugar used in magical ceremonies, we've had sugar now is spreading, people are starting to learn about it. >> but one thing we want to mention, when you say that they used, let's say, honey or fruit is sugar or sweetness at this time is not the way we think about it where you're going to have a chocolate bar or a cookie. it is just a taste. it is a spice. it is something you use in your meal to give it one with of the flavors. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here are a few upcoming book fairs and festivals from around the country. this weekend book tv is live from the tucson festival of books. visit booktv.org for a complete schedule of events. the virginia festival of the book will be taking place from march 16-20th. booktv will be airing several events live online on thursday the 17th and friday the
you all may remember that in north america there were no bees, north and south america. they didn't have honey. so what they had is main be l syrup, they had the a gaf i have cactus, and in the rest of the world they had honey. so we've had sugar used in magical ceremonies, we've had sugar now is spreading, people are starting to learn about it. >> but one thing we want to mention, when you say that they used, let's say, honey or fruit is sugar or sweetness at this time is not the way we...
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america needs a good role model like that. i cannot want and argue for the promise of the american family and not recognize in his own personal lifestyle he has given us an excellent example of a person who has his priorities straight and murky now time for his wife and raising his daughter is in a disciplinary environment in which he recognizes that either parent is responsible for the atmosphere in which they are raised. and i commend him and salute him for that. i further mention as a child growing up in the deep south, one who saw the evils of segregation and the horrors of racism, it didn't cut give me cause to celebrate that in my own lifetime, i saw an african-american elected to the presidency. i wish it would've been a republican and i can wish that now we've been there and done that, we will collect a republican next year. but i genuinely felt a sense of great satisfaction in seeing in my life at the moment come. i do not celebrate his policies and they make it very clear why. but this is not an attack on president o
america needs a good role model like that. i cannot want and argue for the promise of the american family and not recognize in his own personal lifestyle he has given us an excellent example of a person who has his priorities straight and murky now time for his wife and raising his daughter is in a disciplinary environment in which he recognizes that either parent is responsible for the atmosphere in which they are raised. and i commend him and salute him for that. i further mention as a child...
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i was amongst all of the traveling class of america which is now everybody. a could not help but reflect in reading your book. the gentry of new york were just horrified but the modes of transportation and the price at vanderbilt was provided because the crate, wash was coming aboard. i was thinking back to when i started flying as a young student and everyone wore coats and ties. pan am was the great airline. well, that is all gone, but so are five and $600 chairs and everyone gets to travel. >> it's democracy in transportation. >> the competition driving down costs. pleasant, but it opens up to a lot of people. i have the exact same reaction when i started to find accounts. philip hone the was awake and former mayor of new york trading in the diary complaining about the riffraff, you know, the bobtail saying it would be better to sail between the new work and albany and take five days. he said when will the people rise up and put an end to this? it showed that radicalism, the way that the older settled elite did not like fighting for their position or shari
i was amongst all of the traveling class of america which is now everybody. a could not help but reflect in reading your book. the gentry of new york were just horrified but the modes of transportation and the price at vanderbilt was provided because the crate, wash was coming aboard. i was thinking back to when i started flying as a young student and everyone wore coats and ties. pan am was the great airline. well, that is all gone, but so are five and $600 chairs and everyone gets to travel....
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in 1985i became aware that the united states was doing this and then in central america that we had been doing, that our government had been giving and vietnam and indochina. so i set out to write a book on vietnam. i studied the war in vietnam and thought about it and fought, what did i know about it from having been in that anti-war movement, which actually was quite a lot. it occurred at some point in the process, i realized that nobody wanted essays. they wanted a story, a personal story. i wrote that in the 80's. however, i was not satisfied with it because a friend of mine said, well, a 40-year-old always beating up on a 20-year-old in the story. i put the book away for 15 years. then in 2003 the united states started another war. i thought, well, and this time, though, the movie came out called the weather underground. i happened to be featured in the movie under not -- oddly enough. some strange coincidence that these things would happen together. it was the first time i gave an interview, 1999. and i found that young people really wanted to know the story. they wanted to know wh
in 1985i became aware that the united states was doing this and then in central america that we had been doing, that our government had been giving and vietnam and indochina. so i set out to write a book on vietnam. i studied the war in vietnam and thought about it and fought, what did i know about it from having been in that anti-war movement, which actually was quite a lot. it occurred at some point in the process, i realized that nobody wanted essays. they wanted a story, a personal story. i...
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they are training america's future leaders, and it's a very dubious proposition, i think. we've got a bunch of great things coming up. our new york times bestseller last year was the grand jihad by andy mccarthy. just out is freedom at risk by james buckley, senator james buckley. we've got a bunch of great, great titles coming out, so stop by our web site, www.encounter.com and see what you're missing. >> one more thing, can you tell us a little bit about why you decided to start the pamphlet series? >> yes. i saw -- in 2008 in that election cycle the internet had become an essential part of the metabolism of political debate and blogs and so on were absolutely essential to the way in which the messages were getting out, the the people were getting educated. but they had a couple of liabilities, i thought. one was that they were very ephemeral. i wrote a blog myself for pa pajamas media, so i know you can get thousands of hits, thousands of comments and then 17 hours later it's gone. they've moved on to the next thing. so i wanted something that had the meet -- immediacy
they are training america's future leaders, and it's a very dubious proposition, i think. we've got a bunch of great things coming up. our new york times bestseller last year was the grand jihad by andy mccarthy. just out is freedom at risk by james buckley, senator james buckley. we've got a bunch of great, great titles coming out, so stop by our web site, www.encounter.com and see what you're missing. >> one more thing, can you tell us a little bit about why you decided to start the...
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and just this past week, it became the most popular type of smart phone in america. if you still don't understand quite what android is, don't worry. >> well, most people shouldn't have to worry about what android is, right? they should just have to worry about do they have the phone or the tablet or the device that lets them do what they want, let them get to the apps they want and care about. >> reporter: the latest version of android was developed by this man. he says apps are all about individualality. >> the apps are exactly how the device kind of grows to fit you like a glove. it's much more than just about self-expression. it's all the tools that let you get through the day. it's kind of a combination swiss army knife, telephone, everything you want, you know, an apps basicsally becomes that piece of your internet- connected life. >> reporter: you can tailor it. >> exactly. >> reporter: those making apps have a lot at stake. it's estimated that global app market will exceed 38 billion dollars by 2015. clearly not kid stuff. or is it? does it seem like apps pro
and just this past week, it became the most popular type of smart phone in america. if you still don't understand quite what android is, don't worry. >> well, most people shouldn't have to worry about what android is, right? they should just have to worry about do they have the phone or the tablet or the device that lets them do what they want, let them get to the apps they want and care about. >> reporter: the latest version of android was developed by this man. he says apps are...
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the narrative says that america is against muslims, it creates this that america is going to iraq, to convert, kill them, attack them. that's the narrative. we can present our strategy so far has been try to break down that propaganda. that's wrong. we need to have a forward strategy of liberty minded freedom minded ideas into the islamic consciousness. we can do that as muslims but we need your help through websites, a social network. look what happened in egypt and tunisia through social networking and that countered a lot, that wasn't islamists that did that. most was secular muslims that wanted to take control of their future. when we have a government that produces a report and after the hassan incident and the word muslim or islam or jihad isn't in the document, you wonder why we are so paralyzed in treating this, i as a muslim i need this conversation. if we're going to fix this cancer that's within, the whole viable wonderful beautiful faith that i practice, we need to be able to talk about it. it's like trying to treat cancer without saying the word. it's not islam, but it's
the narrative says that america is against muslims, it creates this that america is going to iraq, to convert, kill them, attack them. that's the narrative. we can present our strategy so far has been try to break down that propaganda. that's wrong. we need to have a forward strategy of liberty minded freedom minded ideas into the islamic consciousness. we can do that as muslims but we need your help through websites, a social network. look what happened in egypt and tunisia through social...